All posts by Kev Brock

I'm a musician, singer/songwriter, blogger, writer, poet, bodybuilder, movie lover, music lover, video gamer, history/political buff, conservative/republican, etc. I like to do a lot of things.
music

Vinyl definitely has the best sound quality, I can see why they can be addicting…

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I listen to music in all formats… CD, through ITunes and on vinyl. Vinyl (or records) definitely has the best sound quality in music. That’s why vinyl made a big comeback during the 2000’s years and up.

Vinyl sounds bigger and you can hear every instrument and vocal upfront and more clearly. That’s why vinyl has gotten popular again. Definitely sounds way better than CD and MP3 for sure.

Vinyl collecting has become an addicting hobby of mine. I’m pretty new to vinyl collection too so I’m learning still. I also love vinyl ‘cause it’s cool to have the album cover too.

I buy vinyl from vintage vinyl to new releases too. So far I have about a 100 vinyl albums in my collection.

I buy vinyl albums of albums that I already have in other formats ‘cause of the better sound quality. I already have all Led Zeppelin albums on CD and now I’m trying to get all Led Zeppelin albums on vinyl. I’m looking for the vintage editions of the Led Zeppelin albums on vinyl, not the remasters. So far I have 5 of those.

I also buy a lot of vintage vinyl just to have the old school feeling to it, ya know? That’s the beauty of vinyl collecting too. I’ll only buy a new release vinyl if I love the album enough and I do have some new vinyl too. Mostly vintage stuff.

Of course before buying vinyl need to check the condition first if you’re gonna buy vintage vinyl. If they happen to skip once or twice, it’s good enough to keep but most of my vinyl records play pretty well.

I buy from local vinyl shops, consignment stores, flea markets, antique fairs and I buy new releases from Barnes and Noble and sometimes Amazon.

I do love vinyl buying though and it’s getting quite addicting.

There’s something special about vinyl. Gotta have music in my life ‘cause I can’t live without it.

Kev

True Crime

Jaliek Rainwalker could still be at the Hill Street Home…

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Yes, Jaliek Rainwalker could still be at the Hill St. home in my hometown of Geeenwich. That’s fine if a lot of you out there want to believe he never made it out to Greenwich but they could be wrong too. That Hill St. home should be at the top of the list of places of interest of where Jaliek could be.

I know it’s hard for many of you to believe but murderers hide dead bodies in their own homes all the time. It’s pretty common really. People do crazy shit to hide dead bodies in their own homes. People hide dead bodies in the walls, even in their own backyard, in the basement, under concrete slab, etc.

Many don’t wanna believe Jaliek made it to Greenwich because Jaliek was last seen at Red Robin and that 8: 15 phone call right after.

There was still time after that. Somebody had to be at the Hill St. home ‘cause duffel bags and teddy bears don’t travel to Greenwich from that Albany hotel by themselves, right? Somebody also spent some time writing notes and making the bed that looks like somebody is sleeping there.

That first police search at Hill St. home wasn’t very thorough because the police were told by the Kerrs and their lawyer to stop the search. They were told to leave.

I think a thorough search at Hill St. home is long overdue and it needs to happen. The question is when???

Almost 17 years now and Jaliek is still missing. To all those “Jaliek didn’t make it to Greenwich” people, I think he did and it’s definitely possible ‘cause he could be anywhere really.

I’ll accept whatever law enforcement finds out though, I just want Jaliek found like everyone else. I can’t help but believe he could be hidden at the Hill St. home like many’s been saying which makes the most sense, honestly.

I mean, law enforcement and other people looking for Jaliek everywhere else, when I think he could be at Hill St. after all this time.

These are just my thoughts and opinions so take that if you will.

Kev

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Just got a tattoo for the very first time ever, late is better than never…

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Hey y’all,

Just thought I would share that I just got tattoo’ed and inked for the first time ever. Yeah, I got my first tattoo at the age of 47. I know, most people get their tattoos when they’re young, right?

I contemplated getting tattoos for the longest time so I finally started to get into it now.

Getting the needle isn’t that bad. Just a scratch and burn. Didn’t hurt at all really. It actually felt good. I can see why people get addicted to tattoos.

Yeah, I know, when getting a tattoo, you have to choose them wisely ‘cause they last a lifetime. They’re on your body forever so you have to pick things that mean a lot to you and important to you.

Like my first tattoo is the Led Zeppelin Zoso symbols. Since Led Zeppelin is my no. 1 favorite band I’m gonna start getting Led Zeppelin related tattoos which will be on my right arm. My right arm is gonna be nothing but Led Zep stuff. My second tattoo, I’m planning to ink a Jimmy Page portrait on my right shoulder and I’m also planning to put the Led Zep logo, the Led Zep blimp and the Hermit from Led Zep IV album sleeve somewhere too.

The left arm is gonna be other tattoos of some of my favorite bands, movie characters like Rocky too and I’m planning to get the Batman logo somewhere.

I’m not gonna go too crazy on tattoos though. I’m just gonna cover both of my arms with them and get a few on the legs. That’s it. I’m never gonna tattoo the neck and the face at all, I’m avoiding those. I’m only gonna get like 1 or 2 tattoos a year. I’m not gonna get tattoo no. 2 until sometime after the Holidays.

I’ve wanted to get tattoos for a long time. Finally doing it.

A lot of people don’t like tattoos but I’ve always did. Late is better than never, ya know? You can only live once. I’m not gonna put on eyeliner, pierce my face and look like those nu-metal and punk rock hipster freaks.

I like tattoos ‘cause I like the art and I want the art on me.

Enjoy the pics above.

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Haven’t posted on here in a long time, I know…

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Yup.

I know I haven’t posted on my blog in a long time but I’m back and gonna post on here on a regular basis. Gonna try to anyway.

Yes, life is good. Still playing my guitar, still lifting at the gym and just keep on keeping on with life and all.

I got a thought about the Jaliek Rainwalker case and I’m gonna write a blog post about it this weekend. Yeah I am still on the Jaliek case even to this day. There’s a back and forth argument on whether or not Jaliek made it back to Greenwich. I’m gonna start writing my feelings on that tomorrow.

Not sure if people still read my blog but hope everyone is well.

Kev

Politics/war

This may seem shocking to y’all but I might get off the Trump Train, been disliking Donald Trump more and more… what’s going on?

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Donald Trump is back to running for president but I haven’t been liking how he’s been lately. I’m thinking and considering getting off the Trump Train. I know some of you will be shocked and I know some of you Trump haters will commend me for it but make no mistake about it, I’m still a pretty conservative guy but I’ve been liking Ron Desantis more to be honest. So if Ron decides to run for this election, I’d probably switch to him.

More on this another time.

Kev

True Crime

Real video footage of Jaliek Rainwalker himself in a musical at a Theater camp… a must see!

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You see plenty of pictures of Jaliek Rainwalker, the child who is missing for 15 years… but you don’t see video footage of him. Finally, the group that I’m a part of “Justice For Jaliek Rainwalker” in FB got some video footage of Jaliek himself… sent to us by a user in the group who gave us permission to make them public.

This footage was first featured in “Rainwalker: The Lost Boy” podcast, now this footage is starting to get out everywhere.

Everybody just needs to see what a happy and good kid that he was, as you can see Jaliek looks like he’s having the time of his life and having a blast. I’ve seen more in different angles and they are all amazing and mind blowing, here are a few for now.

Enjoy. We aren’t going away and I’m never gonna give up on Jaliek.

Kev

True Crime

“Rainwalker: The Lost Boy” podcast… check it out… #JaliekRainwalker….

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I know I haven’t posted on here in ages but I thought I would come here to give this podcast a little plug. The Times Union started doing a podcast series about the Jaliek Rainwalker disappearance titled “Rainwalker: The Lost Boy”. This podcast gave my blogging a little plug so I’m giving them a little plug in return.

There will be 7 episodes of this podcast but so far there are only two episodes out. I listened to both of them and it’s a very well done podcast so far.

15 years of missing Jaliek and this podcast will be a helpful reminder that we aren’t going away. We all want “Justice For Jaliek” even I do.

You can listen to the podcast here and it’s also available to listen to wherever you listen to podcasts: Spotify, Apple, etc.

https://www.timesunion.com/projects/podcasts/rainwalker/

Enjoy it, y’all!

Kev

Random/off topic posts

Just bought myself a new and used acoustic guitar yesterday, it’s a Samick “Greg Bennett” acoustic and it’s great…

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I know I haven’t been posting much on here but I just wanted to say that I’ve bought a new and used acoustic guitar off of my one of my female cousins. As the insta post says, she paid $250 for it and asked for $125. She sold it to me cheap since she’s an important family member of mine, ya know?

I made the post public that I bought a “Samick” Greg Bennett guitar and a few other guitar players in FB replied and said I made a great choice ’cause Samick guitars are real good and underrated brand. Their acoustics sound really good. Nice loud and clear sound, just how I like it so the Samick guitar is a keeper for sure.

Just another guitar to add to my small collection. I’m proud of the purchase. To be honest, I’m not a big guitar collector but I’m looking to buy a few more for a little variety. I’d love to buy another electric guitar at some point too. I have two other electrics, a full hollow body and a solid body. It’s good to add another guitar to your collection once in a blue moon. Sometimes I like to buy a new guitar ’cause I get sick of playing the same one, ya know?

Kev

movies

So I’ve just seen “Top Gun: Maverick” finally and thought it was really good, loved it…

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So “Top Gun: Maverick” is finally here. It has been in the theater for a long while now but I haven’t gotten to it until now. Finally, I just got around to seeing it in the theater ’cause I wanted to get my chance to see it in theater before it stopped playing. I know it’s gonna be in theater for a while longer since it’s making real big money right now.

I’m a huge “Top Gun” fan. Love the first movie so much and the second one is just as good. Actually, “Top Gun: Maverick” is even better than the first.

All the positive reviews and the buzzing of this film is not for nothing ’cause the film is actually very good. Even though the second one is new and going different directions, it still has the feeling of the first one as a way to keep the fans happy. I think it was perfect all around. Good acting, good writing and good directing. What I was most impressed with was how all the flying was done for “real”. The flying scenes were a blast to watch, more fun than the first one. It was very realistic, crazy… and best of all the movie doesn’t take itself serious. For once, a movie with no left-wing politics and no woke bullshit. I think that’s one reason the film is such a hit ’cause it pretty much stays away from political bullshit and doesn’t ram any propaganda of any kind down your throats.

This was indeed Tom Cruise’s best movie in a long while. His acting was really good in this one too. People hated on Tom Cruise for years and people are just starting to come around on the guy and just realizing that man is talented after all which is nice to see really.

Since “Top Gun: Maverick” is making mad money, I read the cast and crew are already talking about making a third one so it could end up being a trilogy? Probably.

I’m glad I went and saw it finally. You should definitely go see it if you haven’t yet.

Kev

movies

Happy 76th birthday, Sylvester Stallone… thanks for the movies…

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A happy birthday to this guy today. Most celebrities suck but there’s a few good ones left and Sly is one of them. I’ve watched his movies ever since I was a kid and still am a die-hard fan of him. Check my instagram post for proof on that. 🙂

He’s one of the very few actors that I respect so much.

Kev